Psalm 12:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest men are exalted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness is exalted [and baseness is rated high] among the sons of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Common English Bible

⁸ The wicked roam all over the place, while depravity is praised by human beings.

Psalm 12:8 Cross References

Job 30:8

A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Daniel 11:21

In his place shall arise a contemptible person on whom royal majesty had not been conferred; he shall come in suddenly and seize the kingdom through intrigue.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you have followed their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of hissing, so you shall bear the scorn of my people.